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Most of Russia's population is located where?
What is the West
Which Russian tradition most directly opposes the development of a civil society in Russia today?
What is Statism
Collectivization is best described in which answer?
What is public farms are taken over by the government and organized into large state farms
The appropriate order of leadership, from earliest to most recent is...
Who is Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev, Yeltsin, Putin
Oligarchs are
What is the ultra rich of Russia
Which of the following was an ideology that was most influential in shaping the political system during the earliest days of the Soviet Union?
What is democratic centralism
Which of the following is the best description of the type of political system out in place by the Russian Constitution of 1993?
What is a Semi-Presidential System
in 2010, the Duma extended the Presidential term from 4 to ______ years...
What is 6
This political party represents the dominant party of modern Russia.
What is United Russia
This population represents Putin's political base
Who is the Slavophile
This system of government's ultimate goal was to create a state-less system... People served the needs of one another. Government is only necessary at its inception so as to transition to a more 'utopian', collectivist ideal
What is Marxism
The Legislative Branch includes which body(s)?
What is the Duma & the Federation Council
This region contains a Majority Muslim population. Putin invaded the region following his promotion to President in 1999. He used this invasion to garner support leading into the 2000 general elections for President
What is Chechnya
The primary export for Russia is
In a mixed electoral system
What is a portion of seats is selected in winner-take-all single-member districts and a portion is allocated according to parties within multi-member constituencies
This policy was set up by Gorbachev to encourage citizens of the Soviet Union to be open about their opinions.
What is Glasnost
A system of personnel selection in which the party in power maintains control by appointing officials to leadership positions from within the party itself.
What is the Nomenklatura
This Soviet leader allowed more social and political freedoms.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
Putin uses a unified, hierarchical structure of executive power, ranging from the national to the local level. This is....
What is Power Vertical
How does the Russian executive branch differ from the UK executive branch?
How do Russian political parties differ from UK political parites.
What is Russian political parties will be more focused on a central figure/person.
How does Russian civil society differ from UK civil society?
What is Russian civil society is more restricted in freedoms for the individual people, not as fully developed.
What are the similarities in the UK and Russian legislature?
How is the judicial branch in Russia different than the one in the UK?
What is the Russian courts are dominated by the executive (Putin).
How does rule of law differ from the UK and Russia?
What is the judicial system is not independent in Russia therefore Rule of Law is not as strong.